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S Carolina Teachers Stay Home to Advocate for Pay, Safety

September 23, 2020

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Some South Carolina teachers took a personal day Wednesday to fight for safer classrooms amid the pandemic as well as an annual small raise that was frozen after the economy crashed because of the virus.

Texas High Court Blocks Houston Plan to Offer Mail Ballots

October 7, 2020

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that 2 million Houston voters cannot receive unsolicited mail ballot applications from local elections officials who are dramatically expanding ways to vote in November in the nation’s third-largest county, a key battleground in Texas.

Francis Becomes 1st Pope to Endorse Same-Sex Civil Unions

October 21, 2020

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis became the first pontiff to endorse same-sex civil unions in comments for a documentary that premiered Wednesday, sparking cheers from gay Catholics and demands for clarification from conservatives, given the Vatican’s official teaching on the issue.

US Formally Exits Paris Pact Aiming to Curb Climate Change

November 4, 2020

BERLIN (AP) — The United States on Wednesday formally left the Paris Agreement, a global pact it helped forge five years ago to avert the threat of catastrophic climate change.

Evers to Extend Mask Mandate as COVID Strains Hospitals

November 18, 2020

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Wednesday that he will extend an order requiring masks to be worn inside public places amid a dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases that is putting increasing pressure on the state’s hospitals.

Pope on COVID-19 Vaccine: Needy, Vulnerable Must Come First

December 25, 2020

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis made a Christmas Day plea for authorities to make COVID-19 vaccines available to all, insisting that the first in line should be the most vulnerable and needy, regardless of who holds the patents for the shots.

National Guard members assisting with processing COVID-19 deaths, placing them into temporary storage

Coronavirus Deaths Rising in 30 US States Amid Winter Surge

January 19, 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a new, highly contagious variant is taking hold.

Dolly Parton on Super Bowl Commercial and COVID-19 Vaccine

February 2, 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton has been singing about everyday office employees working “9 to 5” for over 40 years, but now the country icon is singing about entrepreneurs working “5 to 9” to pursue their dreams after hours.

Some Dinosaur Migration was Delayed by Climate, Study Shows

February 16, 2021

Plant-eating dinosaurs probably arrived in the Northern Hemisphere millions of years after their meat-eating cousins, a delay likely caused by climate change, a new study found.

a visitor with a mask observes an orangutan

Zoos, Scientists Aim to Curb People Giving Virus to Animals

March 19, 2021

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The coughing among the western lowland gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in January was the first warning sign. Soon the fears were confirmed: A troop of gorillas became the first apes known to test positive for the coronavirus.

Climate Change Creates Migrants. Biden Considers Protections

April 20, 2021

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ioane Teitiota and his wife fought for years to stay in New Zealand as refugees, arguing that rising sea levels caused by climate change threaten the very existence of the tiny Pacific island nation they fled, one of the lowest-lying countries on Earth.

Connor Sonnenberg, foreground left, and Billy Kinn, foreground right, drink wastewater that was sterilized at the PureWater Colorado Mobile Demonstration using a method that involves carbon-based purification, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Across the U.S., cities are increasingly embracing the idea of sterilizing wastewater from toilets, sinks and factories, and piping it back into homes and businesses for drinking. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)

As Cities Grow, Wastewater Recycling Gets Another Look

November 10, 2021

DENVER (AP) — Around the U.S., cities are increasingly warming to an idea that once induced gags: Sterilize wastewater from toilets, sinks and factories, and eventually pipe it back into homes and businesses as tap water.

Mexico’s Avocados Face Fallout From Violence, Deforestation

February 16, 2022

MEXICO CITY (AP) — With clever Super Bowl ads, an irresistible fruit and apparently insatiable appetite from U.S. consumers, Mexico’s avocado producers have so far been able to separate avocados from the conflictive landscape that produces them — at least until a threat to a U.S. agricultural inspector essentially shut down their exports last week.

Hong Kong Reports Record Cases; Movements May be Restricted

March 2, 2022

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader on Wednesday said people’s movements may be restricted during mandatory testing this month of the entire population for the coronavirus, as health officials reported a record 55,353 daily infections and over a hundred deaths.

Doris Day’s Animal Charity Honors Late Star With Fundraiser

April 5, 2022

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 100th anniversary of Doris Day’s birthday is being recognized with a social-media fundraiser honoring her passion for animals.

Efforts Spotlight Slave Who Inspired Beach Name, Local Tale

June 18, 2022

BEVERLY, Mass. (AP) — An enslaved Black man, the tall tale he inspired and the beach that now bears his name are the focus of new efforts to recognize the role of slavery along Massachusetts’ picturesque North Shore.

A second grade student is given a at-home COVID-19 test

Some Schools Hit Hard by Virus Make Few Changes for New Year

July 25, 2022

As a new school year approaches, COVID-19 infections are again on the rise, fueled by highly transmissible variants, filling families with dread. They fear the return of a pandemic scourge: outbreaks that sideline large numbers of teachers, close school buildings and force students back into remote learning.

Uvalde Students Go Back to School for 1st Time Since Attack

September 7, 2022

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gilbert Mata woke up excited Tuesday for the first day of school since a gunman’s bullet tore through his leg three months ago in a fourth grade classroom in Uvalde.

Bison’s Relocation to Native Lands Revives a Spiritual Bond

November 22, 2022

BULL HOLLOW, Okla. (AP) — Ryan Mackey quietly sang a sacred Cherokee verse as he pulled a handful of tobacco out of a zip-close bag. Reaching over a barbed wire fence, he scattered the leaves onto the pasture where a growing herd of bison — popularly known as American buffalo — grazed in northeastern Oklahoma.

medical personnel adjust their personal protective equipment

Protective Gear for Medical Workers Begins to Run Low Again

July 7, 2020

The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again as the virus resumes its rapid spread and the number of hospitalized patients climbs.

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